By: CouchTater In a plot twist typical of this season’s DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, Edie Britt’s death was treated much the same as her life: as an afterthought. From the beginning, the character — played by KNOTS LANDING vixen Nicollette Sheridan — was written as a one-note character who existed mainly to vamp it up when needed. [...]

The TV Addict (center) with Jack Coleman (HRG) and Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli) What’s the only thing more fulfilling then getting to spend an evening helping to make a difference in the lives of people coping with Autism? How about getting to do so with the cast of HEROES, Rainn Wilson, PRIVATE PRACTICE’s Amy Brenneman [...]

Characters coming back from the dead! Season finale shockers! The fate of Michael and Susan! Seriously, this TV Addict did not expect notorious spoiler-phobe Marc Cherry to be so quick to dole out the spoilers. But dole out he did, as you’ll read in this TV Addict’s report from Saturday’s DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES panel at Paley [...]

Our Paley Festival adventure continues with a report from Friday night’s panel honoring THE MENTALIST featuring the cast (Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Owain Yeoman, Amanda Righetti, missing in action Tim Kang) and creative team (Bruno Heller and Chris Demetral). On the show’s origins: Creator/executive producer Bruno Heller’s basic pitch for THE MENTALIST was Sherlock Homes, [...]

On the TV Addict: When we weren’t busy covering panels for DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG BLOG and THE BIG BANG THEORY at Paley Fest ’09, we dropped by the set of GLEE and interviewed THE UNUSUALS star Harold Perrineau. On the REEL Addict: We reviewed the Zac Efron starrer 17 AGAIN, defended Billy Bob Thorton and [...]

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS Ghost Whisperer (R) 6.38 1.3/4 ABC Wife Swap 5.46 1.7/7 NBC Howie Do It 3.34 0.9/3 FOX Prison Break (Recap) 2.68 0.8/3 CW Everybody Hates Chris (R) 1.44 0.6/2 8:30PM CW The Game (R) 0.5/2 2.5/7 9PM CBS Flashpoint (R) 6.38 1.3/4 ABC [...]

NEW & NOTABLE: HOWIE DO IT (8PM NBC, Global in Canada) Howie conducts an interview while dealing with an upset stomach, pretends to be a psychic and takes part in other wildly exciting and endlessly amusing vignettes. And there’s a second episode on at 8:30 p.m. in case you just can’t get enough of Howie. [...]

Direct from the Paley Fest ’09 in Hollywood comes the TV Addict’s report from the hilarious and heartwarming panel featuring the cast (Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar) and creators (Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady) of hit CBS show THE BIG BANG THEORY. What’s in a name: Producer, co-creator Chuck [...]

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS Survivor: Tocantins 11.62 2.5/11 FOX Bones 8.72 2.5/8 NBC My Name is Earl 5.30 2.1/7 ABC In the Motherhood 4.70 1.4/5 CW Smallville (R) 1.83 0.7/2 8:30PM NBC Parks and Recreation 5.92 2.5/7 ABC Samantha Who? 4.95 1.5/5 9PM CBS CSI 15.42 3.8/10 [...]

It’s Friday and if you’re a frequent visitor to theTVaddict.com — you know what that means! Time to post your FAVORITE TV QUOTES OF THE WEEK! New to theTVaddict.com? No idea what I’m talking about? Simply post your favorite quotes of the week in the comments below and check back Sunday to see the winners. [...]